Photos: Strange things you'll find at a funeral convention

The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association Convention and Expo was held in Tampa this year. Products ranging from embalming kits to cardboard caskets to the latest in hearses were on display. Take a look at the interesting findings.

Six different hearses and funeral transportation vehicles were on display.

Loved one's ashes can be suspended within a piece of glass together.

A company called Love Ashes makes vintage looking jewelry from the ashes of someone who has died. Each piece is made of dichroic glass and includes ashes which are placed in the artwork and then kilned.

Pendants can be made from a loved one's ashes so that they are always near.

Anyone on a budget can purchase a cardboard casket for around $250.

The cardboard casket is known as "The Bulldog."

Cat lovers can place their feline friend's remains in this urn.

This is the SecuriGene Capsule. It can house the DNA of a living or recently deceased person inside a stainless steel capsule so it can be preserved and stored at home.

The cost is about $400 for the SecuriGene. There is a smaller kit available for pet DNA and it actually outsells the kit for humans.

A dog urn.

Another dog urn, for those who are small but have a big heart.

Horses can also be remembered with this horse urn.

A small, 18 inch casket is available for pet lovers.

Need embalming products? Those were also available.

One of the more fancy caskets on display.

This is a funeral director's makeup kit.

Medical implants, like replacement hip or knee joints, are recovered during the cremation process and then recycled. The company, Implant Recycling, is an environmental and recycling company established specifically to serve the crematory and cemetery industries. The implants are often melted down into a solid bar, as seen in the picture, and then used to make new implants.

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